H.I.G. Capital Private Equity - Associate

H.I.G. Capital Private Equity –Associate

 H.I.G. Capital is looking to hire Associates for its US-based Private Equity Funds with opportunities in New York, San Francisco, Boston, and Miami.

With a track record that spans 30 years, H.I.G. Capital is one of the largest and most active private investment firms focused on the middle market with over $55 billion of capital under management and a longstanding track record of top-decile returns. H.I.G.’s Private Equity funds focus on control investments in small- and mid-sized companies and Associates can expect substantial experience and direct involvement in value creation at portfolio companies. Today, H.I.G. remains one of the most active funds in terms of deal activity in the industry.

The H.I.G. Associate program spans two-years with high performing individuals often receiving the opportunity to stay longer. At H.I.G., Associates play an integral role in deal teams and are responsible for:

• Completing industry research via platforms including, but not limited to, Salesforce, Bloomberg, Capital IQ, Pitchbook and Factset
• supporting the evaluation, structuring, negotiation, and financing of our transactions
• Executing company-specific analysis, including customer cohort analyses, revenue waterfalls, financial performance bridges (including revenue, gross margin and EBITDA), and customer-level performance
• Valuation and modeling of potential investment opportunities with complex financial models, including leverage buyouts, mergers, public company take privates and other transactions
• Prepare detailed investment committee memorandum
• Ongoing work to manage existing investments

For those looking for a career in private equity, the H.I.G. Associate program offers unparalleled transactional and portfolio company management experience. H.I.G. has also established a phenomenal track record of Associates going on to attend the top graduate business school programs across the country after completion of the program. Opportunities are in the following funds:

Lower Middle Market (Boston, Miami, San Francisco)

• Focused on more complex, lower middle market companies with $10-35m EBITDA

Middle Market (San Francisco, New York, Miami)

• Focused on more complex, upper middle market buyouts with $35m+ EBITDA

Advantage (New York, San Francisco)

• Focused on stable, high-quality targets and growth buyouts in companies with $25-100m EBITDA

Global Tech Buyout (New York, San Francisco)

• Newly formed fund focused on controlled buyouts of growth-oriented, leading software and technology companies.

Growth Equity (New York, Boston, San Francisco)

• Targets small, growth-oriented, leveraged buyouts as well as majority and minority growth equity investments in companies with $10m EBITDA

Qualifications

• 2-3 years at a top-tier investment bank or consulting firm by the time they join I.G.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to execute various industry and business-specific analyses, including customer cohort analyses, revenue waterfalls, financial performance bridges (including revenue, gross margin and EBITDA), and customer-level performance.
• Ability to build and maintain complex financial models, including leveraged buyouts, public company take-privates, dividends and minority investments.
• Expert-level knowledge in Salesforce, Bloomberg, Capital IQ, Pitchbook and Factset preferred.
  • Superior academic achievement in undergraduate studies with a bachelor’s degree in data science, Finance, Statistics, Economics, or a closely related field.
• Outstanding interpersonal, leadership and communication skills

About H.I.G. Capital

H.I.G. is a leading global private equity investment firm with $55 billion of equity capital under management.* Based in Miami, and with offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Atlanta in the U.S., as well as international affiliate offices in London, Hamburg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Bogotá, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro, H.I.G. specializes in providing both debt and equity capital to small and mid-sized companies, utilizing a flexible and operationally focused/ value-added approach:

• I.G.'s equity funds invest in management buyouts, recapitalizations, and corporate carve-outs of both profitable as well as underperforming manufacturing and service businesses.
• I.G.'s debt funds invest in senior, unitranche and junior debt financing to companies across the size spectrum, both on a primary (direct origination) basis, as well as in the secondary markets. H.I.G. is also a leading CLO manager, through its Whitehorse family of vehicles, and manages a publicly traded BDC, Whitehorse Finance.
• I.G.’s real estate funds invest in value-added properties, which can benefit from improved asset management practices.

Since its founding in 1993, H.I.G. has invested in and managed more than 300 companies worldwide. The firm's current portfolio includes more than 100 companies with combined sales in excess of $30 billion. For more information, please refer to the H.I.G. website at www.higcapital.com.

Salary Range: $125k-$150k base + bonus

* Based on total capital commitments managed by H.I.G. Capital and affiliates.